Le Conseil Ecofin a souligné l'importance de la mise en place d'une protection efficace partout dans l'Union avant l'introduction des pièces et billets en euro, et a invité la Commission à poursuivre son travail sur les méthodes de protection de l'euro, et à faciliter l'échange d'information et l'établissement d'une coopération étroite et régulière.
In its 1998/99 "fight against fraud" work programme the Commission confirm
ed its intention to carry out actions with the specific purpose of protecting the euro. The guidelines it set out were subjected to an initial examination by the Council and were approved by the Ecofin Council on 19 May 1998. Ecofin stressed the importance of setting up an effective protection system throughout the EU before the euro notes and coins are introduced and invited the Commission to c
ontinue its work on methods of protecting the euro, to make it easie
...[+++]r to exchange information and establish close and regular cooperation.
